SBI has announced the Prelims result of the Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales) Special Recruitment Drive for 1,538 SC/ST/OBC backlog vacancies (Advt. CRPD/CR/SPLDRIVE/2026-27/16). Check Phase-I marks with Roll or Registration Number and Date of Birth. Mains call letter link is coming shortly.
The State Bank of India (SBI) has announced the Preliminary Examination result of the Special Recruitment Drive for SC/ST/OBC backlog vacancies of Junior Associates (Customer Support & Sales), the clerical cadre post. This drive is Advt. No. CRPD/CR/SPLDRIVE/2026-27/16, dated 7 August 2026, for 1,538 vacancies.
The result link on the SBI careers page opens the SBI login page "Marks Secured by the Candidate (Phase-I)", for the Preliminary Examination held in September 2026. Candidates log in with their Roll Number or Registration Number and Date of Birth. SBI has also said that the link to download the Main Exam call letters for successful candidates will be made available shortly.
Note: this result is only for the special drive (Advt. No. CRPD/CR/SPLDRIVE/2026-27/16). The regular Junior Associates 2026 recruitment (Advt. No. CRPD/CR/2026-27/17) is a separate recruitment and is listed separately on the SBI careers page.
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Recruiting body | State Bank of India, Central Recruitment & Promotion Department, Corporate Centre, Mumbai |
| Post | Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales), clerical cadre |
| Recruitment | Special Recruitment Drive for SC/ST/OBC backlog vacancies |
| Advertisement | Advt. No. CRPD/CR/SPLDRIVE/2026-27/16, dated 7 August 2026 |
| Vacancies | 1,538 (SC 207, ST 1,219, OBC 112) in 21 States/UTs |
| Online registration | 7 August 2026 to 27 August 2026 |
| Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) | Held in September 2026; online, 100 marks, 1 hour |
| Prelims result | Announced: marks login on the SBI careers website |
| Cut-off marks | Not published by SBI in this section |
| Main Examination (Phase-II) | Tentatively October/November 2026 (as per the advertisement); exact date not announced |
| Main Exam call letter | Link for successful candidates "will be made available shortly" |
The advertisement and the Prelims Acquaint Yourself booklet explain how candidates move from the Preliminary to the Main Examination:
SBI has not published Prelims cut-off marks or a separate list of shortlisted roll numbers in this section of its careers page. The notice there says the Main Exam call letter link for successful candidates will be made available shortly.
| Test | Questions | Marks | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 30 | 30 | 20 minutes |
| Numerical Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability | 35 | 35 | 20 minutes |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 1 hour |
The advertisement lists these vacancies. The Bank says they are provisional and may vary with its actual requirement. A dash (–) means no vacancy in that category.
| State/UT | Local language | SC | ST | OBC | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | Telugu/ Urdu | – | 88 | – | 88 |
| Karnataka | Kannada | 85 | 35 | – | 120 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Hindi | – | 134 | – | 134 |
| Chhattisgarh | Hindi | – | 26 | – | 26 |
| Odisha | Odia | – | 111 | – | 111 |
| Chandigarh UT | Hindi/ Punjabi | – | – | 22 | 22 |
| Jammu & Kashmir UT | Urdu/ Hindi | – | 42 | – | 42 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Hindi | 11 | – | – | 11 |
| Punjab | Punjabi/ Hindi | – | – | 18 | 18 |
| Tamil Nadu | Tamil | 65 | – | – | 65 |
| Telangana | Telugu/ Urdu | – | 32 | – | 32 |
| Rajasthan | Hindi | 20 | 86 | – | 106 |
| West Bengal | Bengali/ Nepali | – | – | 55 | 55 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Hindi/ Urdu | – | 31 | – | 31 |
| Maharashtra | Marathi | – | 165 | – | 165 |
| Delhi | Hindi | – | – | 17 | 17 |
| Gujarat | Gujarati | – | 289 | – | 289 |
| Assam | Assamese/ Bengali/ Bodo | – | 39 | – | 39 |
| Tripura | Bengali/ Kokborok | – | 22 | – | 22 |
| Bihar | Hindi/ Urdu | 12 | – | – | 12 |
| Jharkhand | Hindi/ Santhali | 14 | 119 | – | 133 |
| Total | 207 | 1,219 | 112 | 1,538 |
Shortlisted candidates take the online Main Examination (Phase-II). The advertisement gives this structure:
| Test | Questions | Marks | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| General/ Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
| General English | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 2 hours 40 minutes |
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Helpdesk for problems with the call letter, form or fee (from the advertisement): telephone 022-22820427, between 11:00 AM and 05:00 PM on Bank working days only, or lodge a query on cgrs.ibps.in. The advertisement asks candidates to mention "Special Recruitment drive for Junior Associates 2026" in the subject of the email.
Yes. SBI's careers page lists the Preliminary Examination result for the Special Recruitment Drive (Advt. No. CRPD/CR/SPLDRIVE/2026-27/16) as announced. The result link opens the page "Marks Secured by the Candidate (Phase-I)".
Open the Phase-I marks page from the PRELIMINARY EXAM RESULT link on the SBI careers Current Openings page, enter your Roll Number or Registration Number and Date of Birth, type the Text Verification characters and click SUBMIT.
No. This result is only for the Special Recruitment Drive for SC/ST/OBC backlog vacancies, Advt. No. CRPD/CR/SPLDRIVE/2026-27/16. The regular Junior Associates 2026 recruitment, Advt. No. CRPD/CR/2026-27/17, is listed separately on the SBI careers page.
SBI has not published cut-off marks in this section of its careers page. The advertisement says no minimum qualifying marks are prescribed for the Prelims, and about 10 times the number of vacancies in each category, subject to availability, are shortlisted for the Main Exam in descending order of aggregate marks.
1,538 vacancies: SC 207, ST 1,219 and OBC 112, in 21 States/UTs. The Bank says the vacancies are provisional and may vary.
SBI has said the link to download the Main Exam call letters for successful candidates will be made available shortly. As per the advertisement, the call letter can be downloaded tentatively from 10 days before the exam date.
The advertisement says the Main Examination will be held tentatively in October/November 2026. SBI has not announced the exact date yet.
No. The Prelims marks are not added for selection. Only the aggregate marks of the Main Examination are used for the final merit list, drawn State-wise and category-wise.
190 questions for 200 marks in 2 hours 40 minutes: General/ Financial Awareness (50 questions, 50 marks), General English (40, 40), Quantitative Aptitude (50, 50) and Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude (50, 60). 1/4 of the marks of a question is deducted for each wrong answer.
The Preliminary exam call letter authenticated/stamped at the Prelims centre (with the authenticated copy of your ID proof), the Main Exam call letter, two additional photographs the same as the one pasted on the call letter, and the other documents listed in the call letter and the Acquaint Yourself booklet.
